UND-FB-FAN

The road issue has been an issue for many years … won’t change until there is … wait for it … change

This is absolute truth … hence the need for you know what down the line …

If UND goes to sac state, I’d love to see the open record request to prove that Sac outbid UND … likely would be a repeat of last’s year travesty …

Yeah, they’re the evil empire, fully convinced and there’s plenty of evidence …

Izzo is a …

I agree

This is key … f’n Larsen being present … unreal

Offense definitely in a major funk right now … not good. doesn’t put up a bunch of points, but I do think they’re the most effective when they run Z, Smith, and Skokna as a committee with a bunch of inside runs. Too many screens and RPOs and it just gets ugly.

Every game is a big opportunity. You are what your record says you are. Playoffs are a beautiful thing- everything is proven on the field. UND @ NDSU is in fact a road game, so quit obvious how it would / will go. Once in the bracket, though, no more conjecture- just playing football. But conjecture just so happens to be there in full force at this point while awaiting the bracket … interesting times.

Solid opportunities if indeed something like this happens … we’ll all find out soon …

umm … ok?

yes

Losing is losing … or we still going with quality loses as a thing around UND?

UND wins next weekend at home, gets crushed the following weekend in Fargo versus NDSU. Cruel reality lesson. Unreal … supporting UND football is tough, but what else is new?

Not amazing, very predictable actually, but yes, NDSU picked it up and UND got worse

I’m very confident, but not certain, that Danny could do (and will do) a better job than “toe to toe” Bubba. Nice guy, but not a great head coach.

Not a done deal, but happening. It’s all but a formality. I don’t know what the sum agreed upon is, but hopefully $10M plus.

Correct. Where is UND football gonna find that $10+ M donation?

If UND loses, goes to 6-5, I’d fully expect an end of the season Bubba press conference: “the guys tried really hard this season, and we’re happy”. On to 2024, extensions for everyone. Let’s just hope UND wins. They likely will (I hope), but still get screwed somehow by NCAA FCS playoff committee.

But they’re the “2023 Mountain West preseason favorite” Boise State football team … never mind anyone with an ounce of football-sense could see they were a mediocre team and yet UND still pissed themselves out in Boise under Bubba’s lead …

Yes, it’s complicated and difficult, but champions behave like champions well before they are champions. If the University of North Dakota football program is going to ascend to a championship level, then championship-level type of decisions need to be made. Let’s see how the next week or two plays out.

Hunter has a valid opinion, and I agree Kostich as an individual is a good special teams coach. With that said, Hunter’s opinion does not change what @SIOUXFAN97 states about the program; the wins/losses and playoff performances have been underwhelming over the past 10 years. Both Hunter’s opinion and the program not performing well-enough can be true (and in my opinion, are true).

You hit an obvious (but good) point. When the season is over, what will the current players say is the reason this team failed to capture the momentum and capitalize after the NDSU win? That inside perspective will be most valuable for Chaves … A debrief, or end-of-season review, as you’d say.

Shawn Kostich is a good coach. He’s not the issue with the program. The “leaders” of this program aren’t getting the job done, so we all know who’s been deficient in that regard.